member rating???

[oldslowchevy]

what is a member rating what does it mean if you dont have a good one or none at all? how do you get one? and once you get one does it change?

[papadan]

There is a button with a choice or level of 1-5 stars in your public profile. you probably cant see your own. It is used to rate someone based on thier help to you on the forum. A lot of help give em 5 stars little help give em one star. A lot of people have the ratings turned off so noone can rate them. don't make much difference to me.

[BadgerDave]

Probably the dumbest feature of this entire BB is the member rating system. Pay no attention to them because, in the vast majority of cases, they don't mean squat anyway. Does anyone else find it odd that many first time posters have already received a 5 star rating when their first post appears? Self-rating? :confused:

[imported_wbrooks]

Yep, dont mean much. Just checked mine and in 600+ posts I have a grand total of 5 votes

[hewood]

Originally posted by wbrooks:
Yep, dont mean much. Just checked mine and in 600+ posts I have a grand total of 5 votes You just had a 20% jump in response to your note! :D

[imported_PLUMBER RICK]

SEEMS MORE LIKE A POPULARITY CONTEST THAN A TRUE RATING OF ONES KNOWLEDGE. YOU CAN GIVE ALL THE BEST ADVICE TO HELP ONE OUT, BUT CHALLENGE ONE PERSON AND THEY RATE YOU LOW TO "PUNISH" YOU. MORE POLITICS THAN ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF ONES TRADE.
RICK.

[Lorax]

Actually, I use it mostly to rate avatars. tongue.gif tongue.gif

[plumbdog10]

I just checked, and I have three votes with an average of a (1) star rating. Hell, I'm suprised I rated that high. As a matter of fact, I see it as a great achievement. Thanks to my three supporters.